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Looking back: American civil warhttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/20/looking-back-american-civil-war
<p>The American civil war ended 150 years ago, though in the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/23/confederate-flag-south-150-years-after-civil-war">debate over the Confederate flag</a> its shadow still lingers. Here’s how the Guardian and Observer covered it</p><p>The American civil war, which ran from 1861 to 1865, is remembered now as a battle over slavery - the northern states for abolition, the southern states against - but the roots of the conflict were more complex, as <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/03/south-flag-confederate-pride-hatred-racists">Barbara Kingsolver points out</a>:</p><p>History is nuanced. Economics divided an industrialising north from an agrarian south, where cotton plantations exploited enslaved labour for their solvency. Most white southerners, of course, didn’t own plantations or other humans. Poor farmers and sharecroppers were brutally conscripted to fight for the interests of wealthier men. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/20/looking-back-american-civil-war">Continue reading...</a>Mon, 20 Jul 2015 11:00:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/jul/20/looking-back-american-civil-warPhotograph: The ObserverThe Observer, 7 January 1861.Photograph: Andrew J. Russell/Medford Historical Society Collection/CORBISFugitive slaves provide support to the Union war effort, Virginia c.1863.Photograph: Andrew J. Russell/Medford Historical Society Collection/CORBISFugitive slaves provide support to the Union war effort, Virginia c.1863.Photograph: Alexander Gardner/Library of Congress/David Levene for the GuardianHagerstown Pike, Antietam, scene of the Battle of Antietam, September-October 1862.Photograph: Alexander Gardner/Getty ImagesJune 1863: Union army officers study The Art of War by Sun Tzu outside Fairfax Court House, Virginia.Photograph: Alexander Gardner/Getty ImagesJune 1863: Union army officers study The Art of War by Sun Tzu outside Fairfax Court House, Virginia.Katy Stoddard2015-07-20T11:00:08ZPrince Charles installs 'strange machines' (bottle banks) at the palace: Guardian Diary, 1980http://www.theguardian.com/environment/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jul/03/prince-charles-bottle-banks-strange-machines-1980
<p>Bottle banks at Buckingham Palace? The Guardian predicts windmills and composting lavatories fit for an eco-king</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/02/prince-charles-climate-change-rewire-global-economy">Prince Charles: rewire the global economy to stop climate change</a></p><p>In a speech to the University of Cambridge’s Institute for Sustainability Leadership at St Jame’s Palace, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/02/prince-charles-climate-change-rewire-global-economy">reported elsewhere,</a> Prince Charles recalled “the Guardian newspaper thinking it was hilarious when I managed to encourage the installation of one of the country’s first bottle banks – which they described as a ‘strange engine’ – at Buckingham Palace 25 years ago.”</p><p>He was out by a decade, but the Guardian Diary did indeed find it amusing.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/environment/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jul/03/prince-charles-bottle-banks-strange-machines-1980">Continue reading...</a>Climate changePrince CharlesMonarchyUK newsEnvironmentGreen politicsFri, 03 Jul 2015 17:31:14 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/environment/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jul/03/prince-charles-bottle-banks-strange-machines-1980Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty ImagesThe Guardian mocked Prince Charles when he installed a bottle bank at Buckingham Palace in 1980.Photograph: Evening Standard/Getty ImagesThe Guardian mocked Prince Charles when he installed a bottle bank at Buckingham Palace in 1980.Katy Stoddard2015-07-03T17:31:14ZThe Dalai Lama at 80 - archivehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jul/02/dalai-lama-80-tibet-buddhism-archive
<p>Approaching his 80th birthday - and <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/28/dalai-lama-glastonbury-verdict-isis-unthinkable">having made his debut at Glastonbury festival</a> - we look through the archive at Tibet’s spiritual leader</p><p>The Dalai Lama, born in 1935, is the spiritual leader of Tibet. Until the 1950s, when communist China took control, he was also head of the Tibetan government. </p><p>The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the fourteenth incarnation. In 1910, when his predecessor was deposed by China and fled to India - pre-empting his own fate fifty years on - the Observer detailed the process of reincarnation by which the Dalai Lama is recognised.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jul/02/dalai-lama-80-tibet-buddhism-archive">Continue reading...</a>Dalai LamaTibetBuddhismReligionChinaThu, 02 Jul 2015 09:42:51 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2015/jul/02/dalai-lama-80-tibet-buddhism-archivePhotograph: Popperfoto/Getty ImagesThe 14th Dalai Lama (third from right on white pony) flees from Tibet to India, 1959.Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty ImagesThe 14th Dalai Lama (third from right on white pony) flees from Tibet to India, 1959.Photograph: The GuardianThe Guardian, 6 October 1989. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/7/1/1435753146251/6-October-1989-The-Guardi-001.jpg">Read the full article.</a>Photograph: Thierry Roge/Reuters/CorbisThe Dalai Lama on a visit to Huy, Belgium in 2006.Photograph: Thierry Roge/Reuters/CorbisThe Dalai Lama on a visit to Huy, Belgium in 2006.Katy Stoddard2015-07-02T09:42:51ZLooking back: Cars and drivinghttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/may/29/looking-back-cars-and-driving
<p>The history of the automobile through the pages of the Guardian</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/26/uk-first-fatal-car-accident-archive-1896">26 August 1896</a>: Bridget Driscoll becomes the victim of the UK’s first fatal car accident when she is run over at Crystal Palace.<br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/jul/02/motor-racing-gordon-bennett-cup-1903">2 July 1903</a>: The Mercedes team struggles with inferior tyres at the Gordon Bennett motor race in Ireland.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/may/29/looking-back-cars-and-driving">Continue reading...</a>Fri, 29 May 2015 17:00:11 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/may/29/looking-back-cars-and-drivingPhotograph: Science & Society Picture Library/Getty ImagesCamille Jenatzy driving his Mercedes to victory in the 1903 Gordon Bennett race at Athy, Ireland.Photograph: Science & Society Picture Library/Getty ImagesCamille Jenatzy driving his Mercedes to victory in the 1903 Gordon Bennett race at Athy, Ireland.Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty ImagesThis driver clearly didn’t read the Guardian’s motoring tips.Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty ImagesThis driver clearly didn’t read the Guardian’s motoring tips.Photograph: Bettmann/CORBISA drive-in theatre in Los Angeles, May 1938.Photograph: Bettmann/CORBISA drive-in theatre in Los Angeles, May 1938.Photograph: George Karger/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesBoxer Sugar Ray Robinson with his 1950 pink Cadillac convertible in Harlem.Photograph: George Karger/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesBoxer Sugar Ray Robinson with his 1950 pink Cadillac convertible in Harlem.Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesHenry Ford in his new model T Ford at his car plant in Detroit, 1900.Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesHenry Ford in his new model T Ford at his car plant in Detroit, 1900.Katy Stoddard2015-05-29T17:00:11ZLooking back: Russiahttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/mar/30/looking-back-russia
<p>How the Guardian covered events in Russia and the Soviet Union, from the Crimean war in 1856 to glasnost in the Gorbachev era</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/feb/28/crimean-war-paris-congress-1856-archive">28 February 1856:</a> European powers meet at the Paris Congress to end the Crimean war.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/mar/30/looking-back-russia">Continue reading...</a>Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:57:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/mar/30/looking-back-russiaPhotograph: Science & Society Picture Library/Getty ImagesCannon balls litter the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Roger Fenton was commissioned to photograph the Crimean War.Photograph: Science & Society Picture Library/Getty ImagesCannon balls litter the Valley of the Shadow of Death. Roger Fenton was commissioned to photograph the Crimean War.Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesRasputin (second left) with a group of his followers c. 1911.Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesRasputin (second left) with a group of his followers c. 1911.Photograph: The Ronald Grant ArchiveThe Odessa Steps scene from Battleship Potemkin (1925).Photograph: The Ronald Grant ArchiveThe Odessa Steps scene from Battleship Potemkin (1925).Photograph: Gary CaltonPetrov Paplenko, 74, whose home lay in the zone of alienation surrounding Chernobyl, 1986.Photograph: Oleg Nikishin/Getty ImagesA Russian police officer patrols Red Square in Moscow.Photograph: Oleg Nikishin/Getty ImagesA Russian police officer patrols Red Square in Moscow.Katy Stoddard2015-03-30T10:57:52ZSelma to Montgomery: Martin Luther King and the march for freedomhttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/mar/20/selma-montgomery-freedom-march-martin-luther-king-1965
<p>On 21 March 1965, after a months-long battle, the freedom march finally set off from Selma to Montgomery to lobby for voter registration. Here’s how the Guardian and Observer covered the struggle</p><p>The <a href="http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&amp;doc=97">1964 Civil Rights Act</a> outlawed discrimination based on race in the United States, but while legally black people were allowed the vote, some southern state officials obstructed their efforts to register. Local groups in Selma had already been agitating for change, but when Dr Martin Luther King chose it as the testing ground for his black voter registration campaign in early 1965, it drew national attention to the Alabama town.</p><p>There were, above all, those clusters of Negroes, waiting in the muddy unpaved streets of the Negro quarters of Montgomery to watch the march come by. At first they were impassive; then they grew incredulous as they saw the long, long crocodile of people; they would burst out into applause when they saw Martin Luther King; laugh when they recognised friends, hesitate, overcome their fear, and join the marchers themselves... and the marchers grew and grew until they reached that broad avenue and marched right up to the Capitol under the nose of Governor Wallace.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/mar/20/selma-montgomery-freedom-march-martin-luther-king-1965">Continue reading...</a>Selma 50th anniversarySelmaCivil rights movementMartin Luther KingUS newsWorld newsFri, 20 Mar 2015 15:35:40 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/mar/20/selma-montgomery-freedom-march-martin-luther-king-1965Photograph: The GuardianThe Guardian, 22 March 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/3/3/1425394520081/Selma-to-Montgomery-Freed-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: The GuardianThe Guardian, 22 March 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/3/3/1425394520081/Selma-to-Montgomery-Freed-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: APMartin Luther King leads the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, 21 March 1965.Photograph: APMartin Luther King leads the march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, 21 March 1965.Katy Stoddard2015-03-20T15:35:40ZMalcolm X killed - 50th anniversary, from the archivehttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/feb/19/malcolm-x-killed-fiftieth-anniversary-1965
<p>It’s 50 years since black leader Malcolm X was gunned down at a rally in Harlem. Here’s how the story played out in the pages of the Guardian and Observer</p><p>Malcolm X, the militant black Muslim leader, was in some ways the polar opposite of Dr Martin Luther King. Where King called for civil rights through peaceful protest, Malcolm X often advocated violence as the only means of forcing change on a reluctant American society. On a visit to the UK in December 1964, he told an audience at Manchester University that civil rights would be attained <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/13/1423847942628/Malcolm-X-speaks-at-Manch-001.jpg">‘by the ballot or the bullet’</a>.</p><p>Malcolm X had been one of the key leaders of the Nation of Islam movement led by Elijah Muhammed, but after splitting from Muhammed in 1964 he established his own group, the Organisation for Afro-American Unity (OAAU). Lewis Nkosi, writing in the Observer, said the division would have ‘a far-reaching and possibly explosive impact on the civil rights movement in the United States’. </p><p>We are not for violence in any shape or form, but believe that the people who have violence committed against them should be able to defend themselves. By what they are doing to me they arouse me to violence. People should only be non-violent as long as they are dealing with a non-violent person. Intelligence demands the return of violence with violence.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/feb/19/malcolm-x-killed-fiftieth-anniversary-1965">Continue reading...</a>Malcolm XCivil rights movementUS newsWorld newsThu, 19 Feb 2015 07:00:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/us-news/from-the-archive-blog/2015/feb/19/malcolm-x-killed-fiftieth-anniversary-1965Photograph: The ObserverThe Observer, 15 March 1964. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/16/1424086889595/Malcolm-X-profile-by-Lewi-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: The ObserverThe Observer, 15 March 1964. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/16/1424086889595/Malcolm-X-profile-by-Lewi-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 15 February 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/13/1423848573064/Malcolm-X-survives-firebo-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 15 February 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/13/1423848573064/Malcolm-X-survives-firebo-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 22 February 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/13/1423849567426/Malcolm-X-shot-dead-Guard-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 22 February 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/13/1423849567426/Malcolm-X-shot-dead-Guard-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: ObserverObserver, 28 February 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/13/1423850167664/Malcolm-X-funeral-Observe-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: ObserverObserver, 28 February 1965. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/2/13/1423850167664/Malcolm-X-funeral-Observe-001.jpg">Read in full.</a>Photograph: Express/Getty ImagesCivil rights activist Malcolm X on Marshall Street in Smethwick, near Birmingham, a few weeks before he was shot.Photograph: Express/Getty ImagesCivil rights activist Malcolm X on Marshall Street in Smethwick, near Birmingham, a few weeks before he was shot.Katy Stoddard2015-02-19T07:00:06ZLooking back: Valentine's Dayhttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/feb/13/looking-back-valentines-day
<p>Trace the tradition of sending Valentines through the pages of the Guardian archive</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/feb/14/valentines-day-cards">14 February 1925:</a> The tradition of sending Valentines dates back more than 200 years, but for overly sentimental rhymes the Victorians are hard to beat.</p><p><a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/2/13/1360777619649/Valentines-Day-cards-deli-001.jpg?guni=Article:in%20body%20link">February 1881:</a> The post office in Manchester delivers 302,222 Valentines, adding extra collections to cope with the volume (including many returned letters).</p><p>That “out of sight” means “out of mind,”<br />Dear Heart, was never true!<br />Starved eyes but serve to crowd the brain<br />With sweetest thoughts of you.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/feb/13/looking-back-valentines-day">Continue reading...</a>Fri, 13 Feb 2015 15:01:05 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2015/feb/13/looking-back-valentines-dayPhotograph: GuardianValentine’s Day advert from Hyam Tailors, Manchester Guardian 12 February 1853.Photograph: GuardianValentine’s Day advert from Hyam Tailors, Manchester Guardian 12 February 1853.Photograph: Graham Turner/British LibraryA Valentine’s Day card made by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her sisters for their cousin in 1844.Photograph: Graham Turner/British LibraryA Valentine’s Day card made by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her sisters for their cousin in 1844.Photograph: Laura Seddon Collection/Manchester Metropolitan UniversityA comic card by JT Wood of London, 1840s-50s (left) and an 1870s Shakespearian Valentine of Desdemona by Eugene Rimmel (who founded the cosmetics firm).Photograph: Laura Seddon Collection/Manchester Metropolitan UniversityA comic card by JT Wood of London, 1840s-50s (left) and an 1870s Shakespearian Valentine of Desdemona by Eugene Rimmel (who founded the cosmetics firm).Photograph: GuardianGuardian personal ads, 14 February 1985. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/27/1422373323302/Valentines-Day-personal-c-003.jpg">Read the full page (and the heart-shaped crossword).</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian personal ads, 14 February 1985. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/1/27/1422373323302/Valentines-Day-personal-c-003.jpg">Read the full page (and the heart-shaped crossword).</a>Photograph: VALENTINA PETROVA/AFP/Getty ImagesThe annual love fest that is St Valentine’s Day is upon us again.Photograph: VALENTINA PETROVA/AFP/Getty ImagesThe annual love fest that is St Valentine’s Day is upon us again.Katy Stoddard2015-02-13T15:01:05ZLooking back: Authorshttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/01/looking-back-authors
<p>From the inspiration behind Frankenstein to the bravery of a Soviet dissident, the real-life stories of those who tell tales, from the Guardian archive<br></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/nov/26/mary-shelley-frankenstein-preface-1831-archive">26 November 1831</a>: As a revised edition of Frankenstein is published, Mary Shelley reveals the genesis of the story.</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/nov/20/marcel-proust-death-novelist">20 November 1922</a>: The Manchester Guardian reports the death of French novelist Marcel Proust and reviews a collection of GK Chesterton’s poems.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/01/looking-back-authors">Continue reading...</a>Mon, 01 Dec 2014 11:04:20 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/dec/01/looking-back-authorsPhotograph: Horst Tappe/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesBritish author Iris Murdoch photographed at home in 1960.Photograph: Horst Tappe/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesBritish author Iris Murdoch photographed at home in 1960.Photograph: Marvin Lichtner/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesAuthor Anthony Burgess smoking a cigar at his home, 1968.Photograph: Marvin Lichtner/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImagesAuthor Anthony Burgess smoking a cigar at his home, 1968.Photograph: DOUG PIZAC/ASSOCIATED PRESSRay Bradbury surrounded by toys and treasures in his Beverly Hills office, 1986.Photograph: DOUG PIZAC/ASSOCIATED PRESSRay Bradbury surrounded by toys and treasures in his Beverly Hills office, 1986.Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty ImagesCrime writer Agatha Christie behind her desk at Winter-Brook House.Photograph: Popperfoto/Getty ImagesCrime writer Agatha Christie behind her desk at Winter-Brook House.Katy Stoddard2014-12-01T11:04:20ZHalloween in numbershttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/31/halloween-in-numbers
<p>From the most popular Halloween fancy dress choices in the UK to the amount expected to be spent on festivities - here is everything you wanted to know about Halloween, in numbers</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/31/halloween-in-numbers">Continue reading...</a>UK newsUS newsHalloweenFancy dress and costumeLife and styleFri, 31 Oct 2014 14:07:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2014/oct/31/halloween-in-numbersPhotograph: Guardian GraphicsHalloween in numbers main picAmi Sedghi, Katy Stoddard and Guardian Graphics2014-10-31T14:07:15ZHalloween horror in fiction and on the big screen, from the archivehttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/from-the-archive-blog/2014/oct/28/halloween-gothic-horror-fiction-film
<p>As Halloween approaches – and as the British Library <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/02/terror-and-wonder-gothic-imagination-british-library-exhibition">hosts a Gothic literature exhibition</a> – we look through the Guardian archive for tales of horror and suspense</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/nov/26/mary-shelley-frankenstein-preface-1831-archive">26 November 1831: The origins of Frankenstein</a><br />Mary Shelley reveals how, challenged by Byron and Shelley to write a ghost story, the ‘hideous phantasm of a man’ came to her in a terrifying waking dream.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/from-the-archive-blog/2014/oct/28/halloween-gothic-horror-fiction-film">Continue reading...</a>CultureHalloweenHorrorHorrorFictionBooksFilmTue, 28 Oct 2014 12:19:33 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/from-the-archive-blog/2014/oct/28/halloween-gothic-horror-fiction-filmPhotograph: The Ronald Grant ArchiveLil Dagover and Conrad Veidt in German horror The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920).Photograph: The Ronald Grant ArchiveLil Dagover and Conrad Veidt in German horror The Cabinet of Dr Caligari (1920).Photograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersThe Bonfire night procession in Lewes.Photograph: Luke Macgregor/ReutersThe Bonfire night procession in Lewes.Katy Stoddard2014-10-28T12:19:33ZLooking back: The Mitford sistershttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/oct/17/looking-back-the-mitford-sisterslooking-back-the-mitford-sisters
<p>The Duchess of Devonshire, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/24/the-dowager-duchess-of-devonshire">who died recently,</a> was the last surviving Mitford sister, a group of aristocratic siblings whose lives mirrored the turbulence of the 20th century and fascinated British society <br></p><p>The Mitford sisters reflected the social upheavals of their time - ‘the duchess, the fascist, the communist, the Nazi, the novelist and, er, the other one,’ as <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/sep/23/biography.highereducation">Lynn Barber once dubbed them</a>. <br /></p><p><strong>Nancy</strong><br />Nancy made her name as a novelist, basing many of her characters on her eccentric family. Her first book, Highland Fling, was published in 1931.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/oct/17/looking-back-the-mitford-sisterslooking-back-the-mitford-sisters">Continue reading...</a>Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:46:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/oct/17/looking-back-the-mitford-sisterslooking-back-the-mitford-sistersPhotograph: ObserverThe Observer, 15 March 1931Photograph: ObserverThe Observer, 15 March 1931Photograph: Thurston Hopkins/Getty ImagesMay 1956: Nancy Mitford in her apartment in ParisPhotograph: Thurston Hopkins/Getty ImagesMay 1956: Nancy Mitford in her apartment in ParisPhotograph: Ralph Partridge/Hulton ArchivePamela Mitford (left) with friends including Bryan Guinness (Diana’s husband) at Biddesden, 1933Photograph: Ralph Partridge/Hulton ArchivePamela Mitford (left) with friends including Bryan Guinness (Diana’s husband) at Biddesden, 1933Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesDiana Mitford with sons Jonathon and Desmond Guinness in 1930Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesDiana Mitford with sons Jonathon and Desmond Guinness in 1930Photograph: ObserverThe Observer, 30 June 1940Photograph: ObserverThe Observer, 30 June 1940Photograph: Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty ImagesDecember 1943: Diana and Oswald Mosley at the Oxfordshire hotel where they are under house arrestPhotograph: Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty ImagesDecember 1943: Diana and Oswald Mosley at the Oxfordshire hotel where they are under house arrestPhotograph: Evening Standard/Getty ImagesUnity Mitford, nine, reading with sister Jessica, six, in the garden of their house in AsthallPhotograph: Evening Standard/Getty ImagesUnity Mitford, nine, reading with sister Jessica, six, in the garden of their house in AsthallPhotograph: Fred Ramage/Getty Images4 January 1940: Unity Mitford being carried on a stretcher from a hotel at Folkestone to a waiting ambulancePhotograph: Fred Ramage/Getty Images4 January 1940: Unity Mitford being carried on a stretcher from a hotel at Folkestone to a waiting ambulancePhotograph: POPPERFOTOJanuary 1940: Jessica Mitford and Esmond Romilly working in a bar in MiamiPhotograph: POPPERFOTOJanuary 1940: Jessica Mitford and Esmond Romilly working in a bar in MiamiPhotograph: Keystone/Getty ImagesThe Duke of Devonshire, Lord Andrew Cavendish, and wife Deborah Mitford, 19 April 1941Photograph: Keystone/Getty ImagesThe Duke of Devonshire, Lord Andrew Cavendish, and wife Deborah Mitford, 19 April 1941Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThree of the Mitford sisters - Unity, Diana and Nancy - in 1932.Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesThree of the Mitford sisters - Unity, Diana and Nancy - in 1932.Katy Stoddard2014-10-17T14:46:29ZMan Booker prize: a history of controversy, criticism and literary greatshttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/oct/18/booker-prize-history-controversy-criticism
As the Man Booker prize is awarded, we take a look at the history of the UK's foremost literature prize<br /><br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2011/oct/19/archive-booker-prize-awarded-1984">From the archive, 19 October 1984: Anita Brookner, 6-1 outsider, wins the Booker Prize</a><p>One lucky author will receive <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/booker-prize">the Man Booker prize tonight</a>, walking away with &pound;50,000.</p><p>The award began in 1968 when Booker McConnell Ltd, a firm &quot;dealing in sugar, rum, mining machinery, and James Bond&quot;, announced a &pound;5,000 prize for fiction to be awarded to a British or Commonwealth author. WL Webb, the Guardian's literary editor at the time, was one of five judges.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/oct/18/booker-prize-history-controversy-criticism">Continue reading...</a>Booker prizeMan Booker prize 2014BooksFictionCultureAwards and prizesBooker prize 2011William GoldingAnthony BurgessJohn BanvilleTue, 14 Oct 2014 10:41:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2011/oct/18/booker-prize-history-controversy-criticismGuardian<a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/8/7/1344358537677/Booker-prize-1981-letter-001.jpg?guni=Article:in%20body%20link">Click to read</a> John Banville's letter to the Guardian in fullPA /guardian.co.ukNovelist Kingsley Amis surrounded by well-wishers at the Booker prize presentation in 1986. Photograph: PA Archive/PA PhotosPA/guardian.co.ukNovelist Kingsley Amis surrounded by well-wishers at the Booker Prize presentation in 1986 Photograph: PA Archive/PA PhotosKaty Stoddard2014-10-14T10:41:00ZBlackpool airport closure: Blackpool's Air Show of 1909, from the archivehttp://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2014/oct/08/blackpool-airport-closure-air-show-aviation-week-1909
<p>Blackpool may not be known as an international hub for air travel now but in the early days of aviation it was at the forefront of Britain’s new adventure in flight <br></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/08/sad-loss-holidaymakers-workers-blackpool-airport-closure">‘A sad loss for Blackpool’ as unprofitable airport to close</a><br></p><p>In October 1909, a mere six years after the Wright brothers achieved the first successful manned flight in an aeroplane, Blackpool hosted one of the first air shows in Great Britain. <br /></p><p>Amid calm skies, visitors were treated to displays of the latest biplanes and monoplanes, races and feats of daring, as aviators attempted to beat world records for speed and distance.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2014/oct/08/blackpool-airport-closure-air-show-aviation-week-1909">Continue reading...</a>Air transportBlackpoolAirline industryWed, 08 Oct 2014 15:25:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/from-the-archive-blog/2014/oct/08/blackpool-airport-closure-air-show-aviation-week-1909Photograph: GuardianManchester Guardian, 19 October 1909. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/8/1412776925759/Blackpool-Aviation-Week-M-001.jpg">Click to read in detail</a>Photograph: GuardianManchester Guardian, 19 October 1909. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/8/1412776925759/Blackpool-Aviation-Week-M-001.jpg">Click to read in detail</a>Photograph: GuardianManchester Guardian, 19 October 1909. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/8/1412779386183/Photographs-of-Blackpool--001.jpg">Click for more photos</a>Photograph: GuardianManchester Guardian, 19 October 1909. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/10/8/1412779386183/Photographs-of-Blackpool--001.jpg">Click for more photos</a>Photograph: Walter Doughty for the GuardianFrench aviator Henri Farman at the Blackpool Air Show, October 1909.Photograph: Walter Doughty for the GuardianFrench aviator Henri Farman at the Blackpool Air Show, October 1909.Katy Stoddard2014-10-08T15:25:18ZArchive: Irish Home Rule and the Ulster Covenanthttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/from-the-archive-blog/2014/sep/29/northern-ireland-ulster-covenant-home-rule-1912
When the British government debated Irish Home Rule in 1912, almost half a million men and women pledged to defend the union no matter what. Here's how the Manchester Guardian reported their stand against independence for Northern Ireland<p>On 28 September 1912, 237,368 men and 234,046 women across the north of Ireland and beyond <a href="http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/ulster_covenant/background_to_the_covenant.htm">signed the Ulster Covenant and Declaration</a>, pledging their opposition to Home Rule, which was then being debated by the British government.</p><p>The <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliamentandireland/overview/third-home-rule-bill/">third Home Rule bill</a> - which fell short of full independence but devolved power from London - was opposed by the Unionists, who wanted to maintain Ulster's position within the United Kingdom. </p><p><br />stand by one another in defending, for ourselves and our children, our cherished position of equal citizenship in the United Kingdom, and in using all means which may be found necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to set up a Home Rule Parliament in Ireland. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/from-the-archive-blog/2014/sep/29/northern-ireland-ulster-covenant-home-rule-1912">Continue reading...</a>Northern IrelandNorthern Irish politicsDevolutionIrelandBelfastUK newsMon, 29 Sep 2014 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/from-the-archive-blog/2014/sep/29/northern-ireland-ulster-covenant-home-rule-1912GuardianManchester Guardian, 18 October 1912: click to read articles in full.GuardianManchester Guardian, 26 October 1912: click to read in full.GuardianManchester Guardian, 7 October 1912: click to read full article.GuardianManchester Guardian, 11 September 1912: click to read in full.GuardianManchester Guardian, 20 September 1912: click to read in full.Unknown/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBISUlster Unionist Sir Edward Carson heads the march to Belfast City Hall to sign the Covenant against Irish Home Rule. Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBISUnknown/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBISOn Ulster Day, Lord Charles Beresford, F. E. Smith, Sir Edward Carson and other leaders of the Ulster Unionists are among the crowd marching to City Hall to sign a Covenant against Irish Home Rule. September 28, 1912 Belfast, Ulster, Ireland Photograph: Unknown/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBISKaty Stoddard2014-09-29T06:00:00ZFrom the archive: Lauren Bacall, super-cool and sultry Hollywood survivorhttp://www.theguardian.com/film/from-the-archive-blog/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-hollywood-survivor-archive-reviews-interview
<p>We take a look through the Guardian archives at the reviews and interviews of Lauren Bacall, who stepped out from Humphrey Bogart’s shadow to become one of Hollywood’s true stars</p><ul><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-obituary">Obituary: poor New York girl who sashayed into Hollywood</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-dies-aged-89-a-life-in-pictures">A life in pictures: Lauren Bacall</a></li><li><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-appreciation-peter-bradshaw">Lauren Bacall: the studio product who toughed her way to independence</a></li></ul><p>Lauren Bacall, <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-dies-at-89">who has died aged 89</a>, was one of the few remaining stars from Hollywood’s golden era. Spotted modelling in New York at the age of 19, she was groomed for stardom by director <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/howardhawks">Howard Hawks</a>. <br /></p><p>It was his 1944 film To Have and Have Not that made her name and introduced her to <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/humphreybogart">Humphrey Bogart</a> - although <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/13/1407927540212/Bacall-and-Bogart-in-To-H-001.jpg">the Manchester Guardian’s reviewer</a> wasn’t bowled over by her performance.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/from-the-archive-blog/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-hollywood-survivor-archive-reviews-interview">Continue reading...</a>Lauren BacallHumphrey BogartFilmCultureWed, 13 Aug 2014 12:20:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/film/from-the-archive-blog/2014/aug/13/lauren-bacall-hollywood-survivor-archive-reviews-interviewPhotograph: GuardianManchester Guardian, 19 January 1945. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/13/1407927540212/Bacall-and-Bogart-in-To-H-001.jpg">Click for larger image.</a> Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianManchester Guardian, 4 February 1947. Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianManchester Guardian, 16 January 1954. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/13/1407930455774/Manchester-GUardian-revie-001.jpg">Click for full review.</a> Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianGuardian, 2 April 1970. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/13/1407931605174/Alistair-Cooke-on-Lauren--001.jpg">Click for the full article.</a> Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianGuardian, 18 October 1972: <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/8/13/1407923909643/Lauren-Bacall-talks-to-Ca-001.jpg">read the full interview</a>. Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: Cine Text / Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd. / AllstarActor Lauren Bacall, who has died aged 89. Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd.Photograph: Cine Text / Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd. / AllstarActor Lauren Bacall, who has died aged 89. Photograph: Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd.Katy Stoddard2014-08-13T12:20:00ZLooking back: First world warhttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/aug/04/looking-back-first-world-war
<p>Tensions had been building, but in the months leading up to the outbreak of war, much of life in England carried on as normal. As the centenary approaches, we take a look through the Guardian archive at the build-up of the first world war</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2014/apr/04/german-spy-first-world-war">4 April 1914</a>: A British court sentences a German spy caught handling secret military documents to six years of penal servitude then deportation.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/aug/04/looking-back-first-world-war">Continue reading...</a>Mon, 04 Aug 2014 11:43:04 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/aug/04/looking-back-first-world-warPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesEmmeline Pankhurst, Sylvia’s mother, being removed from a suffragette protest by a policeman, May 1914. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesEmmeline Pankhurst, Sylvia’s mother, being removed from a suffragette protest by a policeman, May 1914. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Henry Guttmann/Getty ImagesArchduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie shortly before their assassination, 28 June 1914. Photograph: Henry Guttmann/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Henry Guttmann/Getty ImagesArchduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie shortly before their assassination, 28 June 1914. Photograph: Henry Guttmann/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesBritish Field Marshal John French leaves the War Office in London at the start of the first world war, August 1914. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesBritish Field Marshal John French leaves the War Office in London at the start of the first world war, August 1914. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesFootball fans at the Burnley vs Liverpool FA Cup final at Crystal Palace, April 1914. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesFootball fans at the Burnley vs Liverpool FA Cup final at Crystal Palace, April 1914. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBritish soldiers in the trenches, 28 October 1914. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBritish soldiers in the trenches, 28 October 1914. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesNovember 1914: In Trafalgar Square, boys dressed as soldiers with paper hats and canes as guns stand to attention watched by a small crowd. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesNovember 1914: In Trafalgar Square, boys dressed as soldiers with paper hats and canes as guns stand to attention watched by a small crowd. Photograph: Topical Press Agency/Getty ImagesKaty Stoddard2014-08-04T11:43:04ZLooking back: Bookshttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/may/16/looking-back-books
<p>From 19th century horror to romantic fiction and Nazi censorship, we dig into the archive for Guardian coverage of all things bookish<br></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2010/jun/15/archive-a-volume-filled-with-horrors-1897">15 June 1897</a>: Bram Stoker's Dracula is enthusiastic, but a writer who attempts in the 19th century to rehabilitate the ancient legends of the werewolf and the vampire has set himself a formidable task. </p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2012/sep/20/public-libraries-reading-archive-1922">20 September 1922</a>: Delegates at the annual conference of the Library Association express concern for boys who think Vanity Fair's Becky Sharp is &quot;a bit of orlright&quot;.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/may/16/looking-back-books">Continue reading...</a>Fri, 16 May 2014 09:22:23 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/may/16/looking-back-booksPhotograph: Bettmann/CORBISAuthor DH Lawrence in the 1920s. Photograph: Bettmann/CORBISPhotograph: Bettmann/CORBISAuthor DH Lawrence in the 1920s. Photograph: Bettmann/CORBISPhotograph: ASSOCIATED PRESSMembers of the Hitler Youth participate in a book burning in Salzburg, Austria, 30 April 1938. Photograph: APPhotograph: ASSOCIATED PRESSMembers of the Hitler Youth participate in a book burning in Salzburg, Austria, 30 April 1938. Photograph: APPhotograph: Sarah Lee/Sarah LeeLimited edition reprint of the first ten Penguin Classic paperbacks ever printed. Photograph: Sarah LeePhotograph: Sarah Lee/Sarah LeeLimited edition reprint of the first ten Penguin Classic paperbacks ever printed. Photograph: Sarah LeePhotograph: ClassicStock/CorbisThe stereotypical bookish librarian of the 1950s. Photograph: ClassicStock/CorbisPhotograph: ClassicStock/CorbisThe stereotypical bookish librarian of the 1950s. Photograph: ClassicStock/CorbisKaty Stoddard2014-05-16T09:22:23ZFrom the archive blog: Marvin Gaye, 30 years onhttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2014/apr/01/marvin-gaye-death-30-years-anniversary
<p>On the 30th anniversary of his death, we look back at how the Guardian covered the soul legend's career and complex life</p><p><i><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/picture/2014/apr/01/marvin-gaye-1976-photography">Marvin Gaye, 1976 - a picture from the past</a></i><br></p><p>On 1 April 1984, soul singer Marvin Gaye was shot dead by his father, Marvin Gay Sr, a day shy of his 45th birthday. <br /></p><p>Gaye was one of the biggest names in the Motown Records stable in the 1960s and 1970s, though the Guardian was slow to reflect this in its music coverage. Even his biggest hits - <a href="http://youtu.be/Y7dGdrP3pms">I Heard It Through The Grapevine</a> spent three weeks at number one in the UK in 1969 - were ignored by the newspaper's reviewers. </p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2014/apr/01/marvin-gaye-death-30-years-anniversary">Continue reading...</a>MusicMotown recordsSoulR&BCultureUS newsTue, 01 Apr 2014 09:18:44 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/from-the-archive-blog/2014/apr/01/marvin-gaye-death-30-years-anniversaryPhotograph: GuardianGuardian, 21 February 1981. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396284942155/Guardian-profile-of-Marvi-002.jpg">Click to view the full article</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 21 February 1981. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396284942155/Guardian-profile-of-Marvi-002.jpg">Click to view the full article</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 2 April 1984. Photograph: GuardianPhotograph: GuardianGuardian, 3 April 1984. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396285062301/Guardian-obituary-of-Marv-001.jpg">Click to view the full obituary</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 3 April 1984. <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396285062301/Guardian-obituary-of-Marv-001.jpg">Click to view the full obituary</a>Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 31 July 1998. Click to read (<a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396286905661/Guardian-article-Marvin-G-002.jpg">part one</a> and <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396287155521/Guardian-article-Marvin-G-001.jpg">part two</a>)Photograph: GuardianGuardian, 31 July 1998. Click to read (<a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396286905661/Guardian-article-Marvin-G-002.jpg">part one</a> and <a href="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/3/31/1396287155521/Guardian-article-Marvin-G-001.jpg">part two</a>)Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesMarvin Gaye, who died 30 years ago this week, in 1970. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesMarvin Gaye, who died 30 years ago this week, in 1970. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesKaty Stoddard2014-04-01T09:18:44ZLooking back: University lifehttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/mar/17/looking-back-higher-education-university-students
A look through the Guardian archive at changes to student life and higher education<p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/1828/jun/28/leadersandreply.mainsection">27 June 1828:</a> An important meeting was held in London on Saturday last, to found an institution to be called King's College.</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/feb/14/cambridge-students-party-1849-archive">14 February 1849: </a>The Cambridge university freshman soon learns to eschew crumpets and toast for supper parties, drinking games and run-ins with the proctor.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/mar/17/looking-back-higher-education-university-students">Continue reading...</a>Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:37:43 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/news/2014/mar/17/looking-back-higher-education-university-studentsAlfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImageNovelist Elizabeth Bowen chats with Bryn Mawr students. Photograph: Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty ImageBert Hardy/Getty ImagesStudents enjoy a sing-song by the Cam at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1957. Photograph: Bert Hardy/Getty ImagesMartin Keene/PA Archive/PA PhotosStudents protest against education minister Kenneth Baker's plans for student top-up loans, 1988. Photograph: Martin Keene/PADominic Lipinski/PAA demonstrator kicks in windows at Millbank, 2010. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PAFox Photos/Getty ImagesOxford University undergraduates, November 1938. Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty ImagesFox Photos/Getty Images6th November 1938: Undergraduates of Oxford University walking to lectures, well equipped with books. Photograph: Fox Photos/Getty ImagesKaty Stoddard2014-03-17T10:37:43Z